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Thursday, 26 December 2024

Could Allegiant Stadium become a mass vaccination site?

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Could Allegiant Stadium become a mass vaccination site?
Could Allegiant Stadium become a mass vaccination site?
Could Allegiant Stadium become a mass vaccination site?

AS VACCINATION SITES.PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYS HEABSOLUTELYWILL TAKE GOODELL UP ON HISOFFER.BUT WHETHER OR NOT ALLEGIANTSTADIUM WILL BE USED AS AVACCINATION SITE?

THAT IS STILLUP IN THE AIR.THE RAIDERS RELEASING ASTATEMENT TODAY SAYING THEY'VEHAD DISCUSSIONS WITH LOCALHEALTH AUTHORITIES AND ARE ALLIN IF THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTSITSELF."THE STADIUM WILL BE MADEAVAILABLE AS SOON AS LOCALHEALTH AUTHORITIES ARE READY TODEPLOY LARGE SCALEVACCINATIONS." IT'S UNCLEARWHEN THAT MAY BE POSSIBLE ASTHE CDC'S MOST RECENT NUMBERSSHOW NEVADA STILL RANKED SECONDTO LAST WHEN IT COMES TO THENUMBER OF DOSES BEINGADMINISTERED.TO DATE, MORE THAN 80 PERCENTOF VACCINE DOSES THAT HAVEBEEN DELIVERED TO NEVADA HAVEBEEN ADMINISTERED.CANDICE MCDANIELS WITH THENEVADA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ANDHUMAN SERVICES SAYS THERE'SBEEN A SCALING UP OF THEVACCINATION PROCESS IN RECENTWEEKS."WE HAVE SEEN GREAT SUCCESS INMAKING SURE THAT THE DOSES AREUSED WITHIN A SHORT TIMEPERIOD, THAT PROCESS ISCONTINUOUSLY BEING REFINED.THE ACTUAL VACCINATION RATE ISGOOD IN NEVADA." A COUPLE OFWEEKS AGO, GOVERNOR SISOLAKSENT A LETTER TO THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT ASKING THEDEPARTMENT WHY NEVADA STILLRANKS NEAR THE BOTTOM AND ASKEDFOR MORE DOSES TO BE ALLOCATEDTO THE STATE.SO RIGHT NOW WITH VACCINESBEING GIVEN AT CASHMAN CENTERAND THE LAS VEGAS CONVENTIONCENTER AMONG MANY OTHER PLACES,IT SEEMS UNLIKELY ALLEGIANTSTADIUM WOULD BE USED UNLESSNEVADA SEES A SIGNIFICANTUPTICK IN DOSES COMING INTO THESTATE.REPORTING, JACKIE KOSTEK, 13ACTION NEWS.THE "SOUTHERN NEVADA HEALTHDISTRICT"...

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